#2648 HIGH Untriag: wiki.laptop.org default skin (Shiki) link color problems

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#2648: wiki.laptop.org default skin (Shiki) link color problems
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 Reporter:  MitchellNCharity  |       Owner:  walter   
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  Untriaged
Component:  website           |     Version:           
 Keywords:                    |    Verified:  0        
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 The default skin for wiki.laptop.org was changed to
 [http://olpcaustria.org/mediawiki/index.php/Shiki_Wiki Shiki_Wiki].
 Links to articles which the user has seen are now gray, and thus are hard
 to find.  And one can no longer tell if a discussion/Talk page exists
 based on link color.
 [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Wiki#Shiki_Wiki_link_colors 1]

 Basically, we've made it hard for users to find articles that they have
 already read, and are training them never to click on discussion because
 it frequently "doesn't work".  I suggest both are major problems.

 Using something experimental in production can be ok.  Even when the
 author says it has "many bugs".[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Simon 2]
 But only if we address them quickly.

 If we have trouble doing that, we should switch back to monobook until the
 Shiki skin matures.
 Unless we don't really care about current users, and are mostly just
 building the site for future use.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2648>
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